#DEC5EA#DEC5EA

#DEC5EA is a very light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.057 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC5EA
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(281, 47%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(281, 16%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, 15.40, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 21.54, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% 0.0403 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.057 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.9394, 61.4032, 86.2569)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC5EA #D1EAC5

analogous

#CCC5EA #DEC5EA #EAC5E3

triadic

#DEC5EA #EADEC5 #C5EADE

tetradic

#DEC5EA #EACCC5 #D1EAC5 #C5E3EA

square

#DEC5EA #EACCC5 #D1EAC5 #C5E3EA

split-complementary

#DEC5EA #E3EAC5 #C5EACC

monochromatic

#AB6BC9 #C498DA #DEC5EA #F2E9F7 #F2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DEC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#DEC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC5EA

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC5EA	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEC9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.057 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6f0',
    500: '#dec5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec5ea;
$custom-light: #e8d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.541,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85584,
    "c": 0.05716,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC5EA

secondary

#A0C68E

accent

#BA2B5A

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFBFE

border

#D5D4D6

text

#161416

muted

#848385

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC5EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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